# 2016–17 US Sassuolo Calcio season

The 2016–17 season was Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio's fourth consecutive season in the top-flight of Italian football. Sassuolo is competed in Serie A, finishing 12th, in the Coppa Italia, being eliminated in the round of 16, and in the UEFA Europa League, where they were eliminated in the group stage. Sassuolo had achieved their first ever Europa League qualification after finishing 6th at the end of the 2015–16 season.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 August 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pomini $^{EL}$ |
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli $^{EL}$ (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Antei $^{EL}$ |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Pellegrini $^{EL}$ |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli $^{EL}$ |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini $^{EL}$ |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Pietro Iemmello |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri $^{EL}$ |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel $^{EL}$ |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sensi |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso $^{EL}$ |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi $^{EL}$ |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano $^{EL}$ |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola $^{EL}$ (on loan from Juventus) |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Luca Mazzitelli $^{EL}$ |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola $^{EL}$ |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi $^{EL}$ |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Federico Ricci $^{EL}$ (on loan from Roma) |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro $^{EL}$ |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Simone Caputo $^{ELB}$ |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan $^{EL}$ |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli $^{EL}$ |
| 55 | DF | NED | Timo Letschert $^{EL}$ |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo $^{EL}$ |
| 90 | MF | ITA | Antonino Ragusa $^{EL}$ |
| 97 | FW | ITA | Giacomo Zecca |
| 98 | DF | ITA | Claud Adjapong $^{EL}$ |
Players in the squad list submitted to UEFA for UEFA Europa League group stage are indicated by $^{EL}$.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Stefano Sensi | | Cesena | | Loan return |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Luca Mazzitelli | | Brescia | | Loan return |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Cristian Dell'Orco | | Novara | | Loan return |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Aladje | | Ischia | | Loan return |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Matteo Politano | 22 | Roma | Undisclosed | activate option in the loan contract |
| 3 August 2016 | DF | Timo Letschert | 23 | Utrecht | Undisclosed | |
| 16 August 2016 | FW | Alessandro Matri | 31 | Milan | Undisclosed | |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Antonino Ragusa | 26 | Cesena | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Pietro Iemmello | 24 | Spezia | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Gian Marco Ferrari | 24 | Crotone | Undisclosed | Return to Crotone on loan |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Pietro Cianci | | Andria | Undisclosed | Return to Andria on loan |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes | Source |
| 28 July 2016 | DF | Pol Lirola | 18 | Juventus | Loan | | |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Federico Ricci | 22 | Roma | Loan | | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Alessandro Longhi | 27 | Free agent | Free | End of contract |
| 5 July 2016 | DF | Šime Vrsaljko | 24 | Atlético Madrid | Undisclosed | |
| 15 July 2016 | MF | Raman Chibsah | 23 | Benevento | Loan | Loan return on 1 July |
| 15 July 2016 | FW | Alessio Vita | 23 | Vicenza | Loan | Loan return on 1 July |
| 7 August 2016 | FW | Nicola Sansone | 24 | Villarreal | Undisclosed | |
| 25 August 2016 | DF | Lorenzo Ariaudo | 27 | Frosinone | Undisclosed | Loan return on 1 July |
| 27 August 2016 | MF | Karim Laribi | 25 | Cesena | Loan | |
| 27 August 2016 | DF | Jonathan Rossini | 27 | Livorno | Loan | Loan return on 1 July |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Leonardo Fontanesi | 20 | Brescia | Loan | Loan return on 1 July |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Giovanni Sbrissa | 19 | Brescia | Loan | Loan return on 1 July |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Diego Falcinelli | 25 | Crotone | Loan | |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Marcello Trotta | 23 | Crotone | Loan | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | — | 12th | 21 August 2016 | 28 May 2017 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | — | Round of 16 | 18 January 2017 | 18 January 2017 |
| Europa League | Third qualifying round | — | Group stage | 28 July 2016 | 8 December 2016 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 48 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 47 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 46 |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 45 |
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 43 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches
##### Note

* ^ The Lega Serie A decided to award the match to Pescara against Sassuolo as a 3–0 forfeit win after Sassuolo were found guilty for fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 2–1 to Sassuolo.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GNK | ATH | RW | SAS |
| 1 | Genk | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Athletic Bilbao | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 5–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Sassuolo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alberto Pomini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ITA | Bryan Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | ITA | Andrea Consigli | 46 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Pegolo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Antei | 18 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Federico Peluso | 41 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ITA | Francesco Acerbi | 49 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola | 29 | 1 | 17+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marcello Gazzola | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Emanuele Terranova | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro | 25 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ITA | Cristian Dell'Orco | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | NED | Timo Letschert | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | GHA | Claud Adjapong | 13 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ITA | Francesco Magnanelli | 24 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 34 | 8 | 24+4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Simone Missiroli | 15 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Davide Biondini | 22 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ITA | Stefano Sensi | 19 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Alberto Aquilani | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Luca Mazzitelli | 23 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GHA | Alfred Duncan | 27 | 1 | 14+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Pietro Iemmello | 18 | 5 | 3+14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Matri | 37 | 8 | 16+15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Grégoire Defrel | 38 | 16 | 23+6 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 4 |
| 16 | FW | ITA | Matteo Politano | 42 | 6 | 25+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5+4 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Domenico Berardi | 25 | 10 | 20+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Federico Ricci | 31 | 2 | 10+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Simone Caputo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Simone Franchini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | ITA | Antonino Ragusa | 32 | 5 | 16+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Diego Falcinelli | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Nicola Sansone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ITA | Marcello Trotta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Grégoire Defrel | 12 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 16 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Pietro Iemmello | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 90 | FW | | Antonino Ragusa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 15 | DF | | Francesco Acerbi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 27 | FW | | Federico Ricci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | MF | | Francesco Magnanelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Luca Antei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | MF | | Stefano Sensi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | DF | | Pol Lirola | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | MF | | Luca Mazzitelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 28 | DF | | Paolo Cannavaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 32 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 98 | DF | | Claud Adjapong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 1 | 17 | 78 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | Total |
| 1 | 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | UEFA EL | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Alberto Pomini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Bryan Costa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | | Andrea Consigli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | | Gianluca Pegolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Luca Antei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Federico Peluso | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Francesco Acerbi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Pol Lirola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Marcello Gazzola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Emanuele Terranova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Paolo Cannavaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | | Cristian Dell'Orco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | | Timo Letschert | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 98 | DF | | Claud Adjapong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Francesco Magnanelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Lorenzo Pellegrini | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Simone Missiroli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Davide Biondini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Stefano Sensi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Alberto Aquilani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Luca Mazzitelli | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Alfred Duncan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Pietro Iemmello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Alessandro Matri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Nicola Sansone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Grégoire Defrel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Matteo Politano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Domenico Berardi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Federico Ricci | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Simone Caputo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Simone Franchini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | | Antonino Ragusa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 90 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 2 |
Last updated: 28 May 2017